raven

«raven» in Mova's school dictionary: A very large black bird of the crow family, with a deep… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a raven, ravens); adjective (raven — black and shiny)

meaning for a pupil

1) A very large black bird of the crow family, with a deep croaking call and a thick beak. tree →

2) adjective (of hair) Shiny black: raven hair. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and poems ravens are clever, mysterious birds; in Edgar Allan Poe's poem the raven says «Nevermore». In the Bible ravens fed the prophet Elijah, and Noah sent out a raven from the ark. At the Tower of London, legend says the kingdom will fall if the ravens leave. Phrases: «raven-haired», «as black as a raven».

examples

• A raven croaked from the top of the castle. tree →
• Ravens are among the cleverest birds. tree →
• Legend says six ravens must stay at the Tower of London. tree →
• In the Bible, ravens brought Elijah bread and meat. tree →
• The princess had long raven hair. tree →
• Noah sent out a raven to look for dry land. tree →
• But the raven shook his head. tree →

note

Countable. Bigger than a crow, with a wedge-shaped tail. Do not confuse with «ravenous» (very hungry) or «ravine» (narrow valley).

In the corpora

• Foxes are clever, but crows, ravens and parrots solve puzzles that need several steps; cartoon personalities are made up.
• Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.'
• every raven after its kinds;
• and every raven after its kinds;
• And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «raven» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.